Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>]

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 08:52:19PM -0700, David Kolinsky wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the following mystery:
> 
> In Gen 14:24, Avram's associates are Eschol, Aner, and Mamre.
> 
> However, in the Septuagint Aner is called "Aunan" and in the Samaritan text 
> he is called Aniram.
> 
> I have my own theory about what this is all about, but my questions are:
> 
> 1 - are there other names for this character in other ancient sources

Peshitta and Targum (Onkelos) have both ʿaner.

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Petr Tomasek <http://www.etf.cuni.cz/~tomasek>
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